Door-bedstead.



PATENTBD DEb,.29,1903.

' H. B. RUGGLES.

DOOR BEDSTEAD. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 5, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented December 29, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

HORATIO B. RUGGLES: OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO BOSTONAUTOMATIC BED COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

DOOR-BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,563, dated December29, 1903. Application filed December 6, 1902. Serial No. 134,009. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HORATIO B. RUGGLES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suifolk and Com monwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDoor- Bedsteads, fully described and represented in the followingspecification and the accompanyin g drawings, forming a part of thesame. My invention relates to improvements in bedsteads which allow of adoor, preferably a closet-door, being used as a support or casing forthebedstead and its springs, mattresses, and other parts, the object of myinvention being to provide a bedstead which can be manufactured at anominal figure, which will possess superior advantages with respect toefficiency in use, and while it is a door-bedstead having all the goodpoints of other door-bedsteads its action is simpler in that it can belowered from its position on the door into the room without lowering ofthe door itself, the door acting when the bed is lowered as a supportfor part of the bedsteadframe, as a support for the pillow-rest, and

as a lock for the legs.

In the patent on a door-bedstead granted to me July 16, 1901, LettersPatent No. 678,828 of the United States, it was my object 0 to produce abed where the door would be used as the bedstead-bottom, and in thatinvention it was necessary to have the head-rest either at the lower endof the door in the closet or at the upper end away from the wall. Thepresent invention is, however, entirely diiferent from my formerinvention in that the door is not used as a bedstead-bottom, but is usedas the casing for the bed. It supports and holds the bedstead when notin use and 0 supports and keeps in place the mattress, clothing, the.The pillow-rest is in that position on the bedstead most desirable bythe public--that is, close to the wall when the door is pushed backagainst the wall. The action of the legs when the bed is lowered isautomatic and simple, and the door supports a portion of the weight ofthe bedstead. The bed has the superior advantages in that it can be usedin many positions in the room, as swinging with the door it can belowered where the space will permit.

A full understanding of this invention can best be given by a detaileddescription of a preferred construction embodying all the features ofthe invention, and such adescription will now be given in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, showing such a construction, and thefeatures forming the invention will then be specifically pointed out inthe claim. r

In said drawings, Figurel represents a side elevation of the door, theupper part of door being broken away,aud bedstead and showing thebedstead when lowered ready for use. Fig. 2 is atop view of mydevice,the door being insection, when lowered as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3represents a side elevationof the parts shown in Fig. 1, but with thebedstead closed upon the door, the door being open and in the sameposition as in Fig. 1.

All of the views have been shown without mattress or bedclothing andwith the door open; but it can be readily understood by looking at Fig.3 how the mattress and clothing can be kept in position when thebedstead is in a vertical position and how the use of the door will notinjure its use as a door to the closet or wardrobe.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the differentfigures of the So drawings.

In the invention, A represents the doorframe or wall of the room. Brepresents the door, which is of any convenient size or form ofconstruction and which is hung on hinges of any description allowing ofreadily opening the door. On the lower inner side of the door andfastened to it by screws or bolts are one or more brackets 19, eachconsisting of one piece, but extending outward at right 0 angies to thedoor, as at q, and then downward at an angle of forty-five degrees tothe lower part of the door, as at 1). Attached to the upper side q ofthe bracket or made a part of it is the hanger-piece u, in which 5 turnsthe pivot bar or pin attached to the lower side of the bedstead a andwhich allows the bedstead to be lowered to the floor, as shown in Fig.1.The bedstead aconsists of two light metallic side rails connected by thetwo upright end pieces 11 and d. The side pieces have pivoted to theirinner sides the legs 9 g and h h. The legs g g are connected at or abouttheir centers by the rod or bar 7;, and the legs 71 h have acorresponding connecting bar or red j. These cross-bars are looselyconnected by the rod m, allowing them to turn freely upon this rod,which rod, commencing at the barj, extends beyond the bar 't'andconnects with the rod 72, which is attached by its loop n to thehanger-hook 0, so that the legs are folded within the framework of thebedstead a against the side rails when the bedstead is hanging on thedoor and which automatically lower into position as the upper part ofbedstead is lowered from the door, as will be seen by examining Figs. 1and 3.

The two end pieces I) and d, which connect the side rails, act assupports for holding rigid the head-piece c and the footboard e and theconnecting mattress-spring s, which mattress is connected by its springsto each piece 0 and e, as shown in the different figures of thedrawings. Attached to the upper part of the inner side of the door B,preferably above the upper hinge, is the catch-bracket f, whichinterlocks with the footboard 6 when a a I 748,563

it is raisedin place and holds the bedstead in an upright positionagainst the door when not in use, thus allowing of the use of the dooras a swinging closet-door. Attached to the door is the rod 4", and onthis rod and the headboard c is stretched the pillow-rest t, which ispreferably of canvas. (See Figs. 1 and 2.)

Having thus explained the nature of the invention and described a way ofconstructing and using the same, although withoutattempting to set forthall the forms in which it may be made or all the modes of its use, Ideclare that what I claim is In a door-bedstead, a head-rest composed ofa headboard, a rod attached to the door and a canvas stretched betweensaid rod and board and attached thereto, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

HORATIO B. RUGGLES. Witnesses:

GEo. O. GREENE, EDUARD E. SILVEY.

